Legal Aid
In 2020, 18.269 lawyers were appointed under the system of legal aid as free lawyers (13,097 in criminal cases / 4.614 in civil cases / 161 before the Constitutional Court of Austria / 397 before the Supreme Administrative Court) in Austria. The services rendered under legal aid in 2020 were barely EUR 23 million.
Legal Aid Statistics 2020
| Bar | Appointments | Fees charged |
|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | 460 | € 805.647,07 |
| Carinthia | 848 | € 2.927.595,51 |
| Lower Austria | 2.597 | € 3.816.538,61 |
| Upper Austria | 2.704 | € 3.877.423,55 |
| Salzburg | 1.510 | € 2.396.196,21 |
| Styria | 2.107 | € 3.151.174,14 |
| Tyrol | 1.472 | € 3.100.591,28 |
| Vorarlberg | 847 | € 1.583.246,17 |
| Vienna | 5.724 | € 6.844.953,37 |
| Total | 18.269 | € 23.013.881,39 |